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jolly

/ jolly /
noun/adverb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a happy party
Type of:
party
Derived:
kid chaff josh banter
Domain:
United Kingdom UK Great Britain
noun Sense 2
a yawl used by a ship''s sailors for general work
Type of:
yawl
adverb Sense 3
used as an intensifier (`jolly'' is used informally in Britain)
"pretty big"
"pretty bad"
"jolly decent of him"
Domain:
colloquialism United Kingdom UK
verb Sense 4
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
Type of:
tease razz rag
Derived:
banter raillery give-and-take backchat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite Sense 5
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"
"a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth"
"the jolly crowd at the reunion"
"jolly old Saint Nick"
"a jovial old gentleman"
"have a merry Christmas"
Similar:
joyous
Semantic Complexity
57%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

party yawl tease razz rag joyous